Health Policy Action Committee

"Action Through Everyday Activism"

The Keck AMSA Health Policy Action Committee (HPAC) aims to improve healthcare through legislation, education, and organization. Given our unique position and first-hand experience with the American health care system, it is critical that we speak out to influence the local and national debate.

For more information on our work in health care for all, click here.

AMSA leadership institutes and conferences provide students with the opportunity to develop skills in lobbying and public speaking and connect with institutions around the country.

Focus Issues

What else can you do? (1) Join us at Keck AMSA speaker and action events. (2) Join the National HPAC and Keck AMSA listserves. (3) Learn more about the issues that are important to you, starting with the resources below.

Contact
 Health Policy Coordinators - Hannah Newmark
Associate Coordinators -


General Information
AMSA National Health Policy Action Committee
AMSA Legislative Action Center
AMSA Health Policy Resources
AMSA "Health Policy Made Ridiculously Simple" - learn the basics here
California Voter Registration - Fill out a Voter Registration form online!
National Physician's Alliance (NPA) - Founded by former AMSA leaders, and AMSA members are eligible for a free membership upon medical school graduation. NPA priorities include: improving access to health care, eliminating health disparities, freeing medicine from corporate influence, and restoring the core values of our profession: service, integrity and advocacy.

Health Care Access - visit our Committee on Health Care for All

Pharmaceutical Industry
AMSA Pharm Resources
AMSA PharmFree Campaign - National campaign to provide the highest quality of care through evidence-based medicine
Drug Promo Database - Database of pharmaceutical promotion material coordinated by the WHO Department of Essential Drugs & Medicines Policy and Health Action International Europe
No Free Lunch - Informing health care providers and the public about pharmaceutical industry influence
The Prescription Project - The Project seeks to eliminate conflicts of interest created by industry marketing by promoting policy change among academic medical centers, professional medical societies and public and private payers

Reproductive Health
American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) - The vision and voice of women in medicine since 1915
Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy - Promoting reproductive health, family planning and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, worldwide through research, training and policy analysis
Guttmacher Institute - Advancing sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program of social science research, policy analysis and public education
Medical Students for Choice (MS4C) - Working to destigmatize abortion provision among medical students and residents and to persuade medical schools and residency programs to include abortion as a part of the reproductive health services curriculum
Planned Parenthood

Malpratice and Health Quality
AMSA Malpractice and Health Quality Resources

Tobacco
American Legacy Foundation - Building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit
American Lung Association
American Cancer Society
Smokefree.gov

Environmental Health
Medical Alliance to Stop Global Warming - Partnership between AMSA and Student Physicians for Social Responsibility (SPSR)
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) - Medical and public health voice for policies to stop nuclear war and proliferation and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment
PSR Los Angeles - Nation's largest PSR chapter, representing the voice of over 4,000 physicians, medical professionals and concerned citizens throughout Southern California
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) - Leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world